Release/1.7.1

[ttypic]

Release 1.7.1

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Fixed channel state updates that were occurring before connection state listeners were notified
  • Improved LiveObjects garbage collection performance by using server-provided grace period settings

• Documentation

  • Updated installation and configuration instructions in README and contributing documentation
  • Updated build version configuration to 1.7.1

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📒 Files selected for processing (5)

• CHANGELOG.md
• CONTRIBUTING.md
• README.md
• gradle.properties
• lib/src/test/java/io/ably/lib/test/realtime/RealtimeHttpHeaderTest.java

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Walkthrough

Version bump release for 1.7.1 across documentation, build configuration, and tests. Updates version references in CHANGELOG, build files, dependency documentation, and test assertions to reflect new release.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Documentation & Changelog CHANGELOG.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, README.md	Added v1.7.1 release entry with two key improvements (GC grace period for LiveObjects, channel state update timing fix). Updated AAR and dependency version references from 1.7.0 to 1.7.1 in contributing guide and Maven/Gradle installation examples.
Build Configuration gradle.properties	Incremented VERSION_NAME property from 1.7.0 to 1.7.1.
Test Updates lib/src/test/.../RealtimeHttpHeaderTest.java	Updated expected agent query parameter version string from ably-java/1.7.0 to ably-java/1.7.1 in websocket parameter test assertion.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~3 minutes

Poem

🐰 Hop, hop, hooray! A new version's here,
From 1.7.0, the path is clear,
To 1.7.1 we bound with glee,
With GC grace and fixes, all we see!

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title 'Release/1.7.1' clearly and specifically indicates this is a release preparation PR for version 1.7.1, which directly matches the changeset that updates version numbers across all documentation and configuration files.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%.

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[Copilot]

Pull request overview

Release 1.7.1 version bump across build metadata, documentation, and release notes to keep published artifacts and docs in sync with the new SDK release.

Changes:

• Bump project version to 1.7.1 in Gradle properties and update the realtime header test expectation.
• Update installation/version snippets in README.md and local AAR instructions in CONTRIBUTING.md.
• Add 1.7.1 entry to CHANGELOG.md with links and included PRs.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 5 out of 5 changed files in this pull request and generated 1 comment.

Show a summary per file

File	Description
lib/src/test/java/io/ably/lib/test/realtime/RealtimeHttpHeaderTest.java	Updates expected agent query param to reflect SDK version 1.7.1.
gradle.properties	Bumps VERSION_NAME to 1.7.1.
README.md	Updates dependency installation snippets to 1.7.1 (Maven/Gradle + LiveObjects).
CONTRIBUTING.md	Updates local AAR filename example to 1.7.1.
CHANGELOG.md	Adds release notes section for 1.7.1 with compare links and PR references.

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[sacOO7]

lgtm